I think Oprah is saving all the livestrong stuff for the 2nd day to keep the ratings up. Considering the millions watching online around the world seems like she missed some good advertising dollars by not showing some commercials online during the tv break.

A small part of me wanted to go back and find a few of those ardent supporters who really took us to task when we brought criticized Lance for doping and being duplicitous and-- for lack of a better word-- as ass.

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Miss Crow,eh!
last person that could have pulled that off we stuck on a cross.

I kept hoping that LeMond would burst into the room clutching a metal folding chair. Wild-eyed and bellowing incoherently, he would smack Lance on the back of the head with the chair in the very finest WWE tradition.

I kept hoping that LeMond would burst into the room clutching a metal folding chair. Wild-eyed and bellowing incoherently, he would smack Lance on the back of the head with the chair in the very finest WWE tradition.

I would be careful indicting the entire field. Keep in mind the cost for doping was generally covered by the rider, and in the case of US Postal it was in the realm of 10,000 USD to start.

Certainly the contenders were doping in some why and probably top 50 riders out of 200? Just guessing here. A lowly domestique won't have the dosh to dope like the big boys. I suppose in the Tour it will probably be much higher since that gets most press.

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Too many small timers have been busted for me to believe it was financially out of reach for anyone in the pro peleton.

Google 'Chuck Coyle', I used to lead him out when we were cat 5s. I am pretty sure that he never made much more than $40k / year from racing. There may have been some access issues but Joe Papp pretty much ensured that anyone in the US who wanted EPO could get it.